{"id":1465,"date":"2019-07-10T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T11:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/why-you-are-haemorrhaging-your-fire-security-leads-to-your-competitors"},"modified":"2022-03-05T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T19:57:50","slug":"why-you-are-haemorrhaging-your-fire-security-leads-to-your-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/why-you-are-haemorrhaging-your-fire-security-leads-to-your-competitors","title":{"rendered":"Why You Are Haemorrhaging Your Fire &#038; Security Leads To Your Competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you slice your finger whilst carving the Sunday roast, you will probably talk yourself out of an A&#038;E visit. But if it is bad enough you&#8217;ll finally take a cab to the hospital. Stumble in and <em>show the receptionist your damaged digit<\/em>. Then what happens?<\/p>\n<p>She looks you up and down. You&#8217;ve just <strong>failed the crucial test<\/strong> but you don&#8217;t know it yet.<\/p>\n<p>Then she gives you a form on a clipboard and points you to some vinyl-covered chairs. You&#8217;re one of a hundred other people with minor symptoms. With your one good hand, you complete the form and take it back to her.<\/p>\n<p>She says: &#8220;<em>Have a seat!&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three hours later you&#8217;re still sitting there waiting to see a doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, a guy staggers in with his hand gripping the side of his neck. Blood is spurting from his jugular through clenched fingers and splattering the wall.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">There was no thinking about it. He came straight to A&#038;E. <strong>IMMEDIATELY<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">There&#8217;s no clipboard for him. Nurses rush to him immediately. It&#8217;s a clear EMERGENCY.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What could be more urgent than a bleeding neck? It&#8217;s a problem that has to be solved right now! By experts.<\/p>\n<p>So why am I being so graphic about this?<\/p>\n<p>Because there&#8217;s a huge bleeding neck for Fire &#038; Security companies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/haemorrhaging-fire-security-leads-competitors.jpg\" alt=\"haemorrhaging-fire-security-leads-competitors\" width=\"1282\" style=\"width: 1282px;\"><\/p>\n<h3><strong>So what is the <em>&#8216;bleeding neck&#8217;<\/em> for Fire &#038; Security professionals?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Lack of leads.<\/p>\n<p><span>How do we know?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Because we asked you. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"> Over the last year we surveyed HUNDREDS of Fire &#038; Security Systems company directors on LinkedIn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The question was:\u00a0<em>&#8220;What&#8217;s the biggest problem you struggle with about your website?&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You said: <em><strong>leads<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over and over again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Leads are the\u00a0 lifeblood of your business.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Without leads you have no new customers. And your business will wither and die&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>But it doesn&#8217;t stop there, it gets worse!<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Did you know your website is haemorrhaging leads to your competitors?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>Consumers and business owners who want a security system FAST are arriving on your website. They have their own bleeding necks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A <strong>homeowner<\/strong> who has been burgled. He wants a professional to come and make his home and family safe ASAP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A <strong>business<\/strong> owner is worried about GDPR fines because he doesn&#8217;t protect his data properly. He has a premises WITHOUT a monitored alarm.<\/p>\n<p>But when those humans arrive on your site, they don&#8217;t call you. They don&#8217;t leave their details on your contact form.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Because your website says the same as your competitor<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">We&#8217;ve got a great reputation and we&#8217;ve been around for years.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><em><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Buy an alarm system or a CCTV<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">YAWN! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/fire-security-company-website-design\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fire &#038; Security websites<\/a> ALL say that. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Ask yourself this question. Does YOUR website truly explain WHY your company is head and shoulders above your competitors?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Or are you just ASSUMING that it does?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If all the local websites have the same images and the same generic copy, YOUR LEAD can&#8217;t tell that you&#8217;re different.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Just like being in A&#038;E, YOUR LEAD wants you to help quickly. To reassure that everything will be alright. To show you have the expertise to fix that particular bleeding neck. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">But when there is no rush to show empathy, no authority, no competency. How does YOUR LEAD KNOW s\/he can trust you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m hurting and I want to know I&#8217;m in the right place to get expert help!&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">That neck is STILL BLEEDING.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">And unless YOUR LEAD can see IN 2 SECONDS that you&#8217;re the guys with the answers&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;YOUR LEAD will CLICK THE BACK BUTTON<\/p>\n<p>Taking that bleeding neck away&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, YOU&#8217;RE haemorrhaging leads&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually YOUR LEAD will find a Fire &#038; Security COMPETITOR. One whose website makes it immediately obvious that they are the experts who will make everything better.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the Fire &#038; Security company who will book the site survey. AND they will create the quote to fix YOUR LEAD&#8217;S bleeding neck.<\/p>\n<p>AND they will get a NEW CUSTOMER who will stay with THEM for 5-10 years.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Is it time you fixed YOUR bleeding neck?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do you BELIEVE you are the #1 local Fire &#038; Security company in your area?<\/p>\n<p>Are you determined to help MORE homeowners and commercial buyers with bleeding necks? The ones that want to buy Fire &#038; Security expertise immediately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Is YOUR neck LOSING enough blood to know you NEED to do something about it TODAY?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/fire-security-strategy-session-lp\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Let&#8217;s see!<\/a> Click the image below.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/tlc-checklist-how-to-get-more-fire-security-customers-lp'><img alt='How To Get More Fire And Security Clients' src='https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ca009161-dc1d-4106-ad8e-a78d26272320.png'><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you slice your finger whilst carving the Sunday roast, you will probably talk yourself out of an A&#038;E visit. But if it is bad enough you&#8217;ll finally take a cab to the hospital. Stumble in and show the receptionist your damaged digit. Then what happens? She looks you up and down. You&#8217;ve just failed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/why-you-are-haemorrhaging-your-fire-security-leads-to-your-competitors\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why You Are Haemorrhaging Your Fire &#038; Security Leads To Your Competitors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire-security","category-websites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inbound.lollipoplocal.co.uk\/inbound-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}